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• local broadcasters who use digital local broadcasters who use digital platforms<00:23:02.080>
• This could lead to companies to limit or scale back free widely used services like Gmail, Google Maps
• Thousands of local retailers, restaurants, and service providers use affordable digital ads to reach
• If it applies only to digital commerce and it does not apply to a similar offline activity.
• Also, Maryland's digital ads tax is continuing with no final resolution.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We don't want to get in that situation that we are doing double-digit rates on the commodity or that
• We don't want to get in that situation that we are doing double-digit rates on the commodity or that
• We don't want to get in that situation that we are doing double-digit rates on the commodity or that
• We don't want to get in that situation that we are doing double-digit rates on the commodity or that
• out for how we put together big mapping out for how we put together big projects<00:41:33.400> in

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 01:45 SB 245 Discussion 02:20 SB 245 Roll Call Vote 04:12 SB 112 Discussion 05:25 SB 8 Discussion 25:20, 958, all

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee first approved the minutes from the prior meeting and then took up Senate Bill 245, which would give the legislature more authority to review appointments to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission and clarify language about commissioners serving before confirmation. The sponsor said the bill was meant to allow a deeper background review and prevent unconfirmed appointees from voting on budget matters. The bill was adopted with a sub and title amendment, and Senator Boswell explained his yes vote as a way to ensure timely and proper confirmation votes in the future. The committee then discussed Senate Bill 112, concerning fishing on privately owned lakes and ponds. Senator Boswell argued that landowners should be able to fish on their own property without a license and should control fish harvest on private waters, while still requiring permission for others to fish. Commissioner Rich Storm opposed the proposal, saying landowners already may fish on their property, warning that the bill could reduce fishing-license revenue and federal grant support, and noting the department’s work stocking fish, maintaining access, and funding conservation programs. Senator Webb said he was exploring possible compromise language, and other members raised concerns about pay lakes, youth access, and potential abuse of exemptions. Boswell ultimately withdrew the bill voluntarily, and the committee agreed not to vote on it that day. Finally, the committee heard a discussion-only presentation on Senate Bill 8, focused on long-term energy policy and the role of the Public Service Commission. The sponsor said Kentucky needs a broader energy strategy to address growing demand from new industries such as large data centers, grid capacity limits, and the need for expertise and possibly different pay scales to recruit qualified staff. Members responded positively to the discussion, noting the importance of the PSC and the need for continued work on the issue, but no vote was taken.

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• If you zoomed in on those maps, and I can share all types of maps with you all if you all would like
• If you zoomed in on those maps, and I can share all types of maps with you all if you all would like
• Um I still don't see it, on that map. Um I still don't see it, but kudos to you.
• Um I still don't see it, on that map. Um I still don't see it, but kudos to you.
• So when you look forward as to this map So when you look forward as to this map as<01:34:40.480>

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:03 Summary of Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:01:00 Staff Update on Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel 00:16:00 Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel Representatives Available for Questions-00:39:34 Kentucky State Police & Finance Cabinet Status Update on Kentucky Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System-00:52:35 Adjournment-01:46:24, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from December 19 and June 12, then received a staff report on the Kentucky Fire Commission’s minimum training standards and administrative spending. Staff explained that the commission’s current minimum training hours are 115 for volunteer firefighters and 300 for paid firefighters, down from 150 and 400 before January 1, 2023, after the commission removed elective classes not directly tied to NFPA standards. The report found the commission’s certification testing aligns fully with NFPA standards, but recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours. On finances, staff said the commission complied with the first statutory cap on administrative reimbursements to KCTCS, but could not verify compliance with a second, more specific cap because the finance system does not break out program-level costs and the statute is vague. Staff recommended the commission work with KCTCS to fix that issue and suggested the General Assembly may wish to clarify the statute. After questions about reimbursement levels and investment income, the committee voted to accept the report. The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. Staff reported that the panel has implemented two of three prior recommendations: it revised its agency notification letter to clearly state the 90-day response deadline and added response prompts and checkboxes to improve completeness. The third recommendation, to adopt formal written procedures, remains in progress; staff said the panel plans to develop those procedures alongside its new case management system. The panel is meeting its statutory membership and meeting requirements, but agency responses to its recommendations have been inconsistent: 48% were timely and appropriate in 2022, 36% in 2023, and 82% in 2024, though only three of nine timely 2024 responses were fully complete. Staff also described the new case management system project, funded with $200,000 in one-time money, and recommended the panel consult budget staff about use of those funds beyond fiscal year 2025. They reissued the recommendation that the panel develop written procedures for case review, findings, recommendations, and annual reports. Committee members raised concerns about the lack of penalties for noncompliance, the volume and length of panel meetings, and technology barriers to reviewing cases, and one member said the panel’s findings should inform future legislation.

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• What do we have to do to make that paperwork compliant with the NRC because they're not a one-for-one map
• This next one is the first real-time, real-world digital twin of a nuclear reactor.
• And then here we’ve got the first real-time, real-world digital twin. I think it’s super cool.
• And with that, we can look at our autonomous control validation with digital twins and looking at the
• We have... ...collaborative technology road-mapping effort.

Summary: The meeting opened with remarks about the value of public engagement and the quality of questions from the group, followed by a series of technical presentations from Idaho National Laboratory staff. Joe Renovitz described recent nuclear regulatory changes tied to presidential executive orders, including NRC Part 53 for advanced reactors, the forthcoming Part 57 for very small reactors, and DOE updates to reactor authorization standards. He emphasized efforts to align DOE and NRC processes, use risk-informed and performance-based licensing, support reactor deployment for AI/data centers and national security, and use AI to speed communications and crosswalks between DOE and NRC requirements. In response to questions, he said there was no plan to merge agencies, but rather to improve coordination and public outreach through groups like GAIN and NEI. David Tolman then discussed the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, transportation, disposal, and reprocessing. He explained high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), why it is needed for advanced reactors, and DOE’s HALEU Availability Program and related investments in enrichment, transportation, deconversion, and supply chain development. He also covered spent fuel management, the possibility of centralized storage or a fuel-cycle campus, the Center for Used Fuel Research, and ongoing work on high-burnup cask testing and reprocessing technologies. Tolman described aqueous, pyrochemical, and fluoride-volatility reprocessing approaches, noting the advantages and waste characteristics of each, and said several companies are working with INL on these technologies. Ashley Shields presented INL’s AI and nuclear work, focusing on the Genesis initiative and the Prometheus effort to use AI to design, license, build, and operate reactors with far less human intervention. She described INL’s broad use of generative AI tools, the need to manage large volumes of legacy technical data, and applications in reactor design, materials discovery, autonomous laboratories, and digital twins. Shields said AI is being used to reduce the enormous documentation burden in nuclear licensing and to support autonomous or remotely operated reactor demonstrations, while stressing that humans remain in supervisory roles. In discussion, she addressed data security, model access, and the continued need for software engineers. The session then recessed briefly and resumed with Mitch Kerman beginning a presentation on critical minerals and materials.

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• I put child care maps in there because we get a lot of questions about child care maps and it'll show
• 01:29:58.000> and of questions about child care maps and of questions about child care maps and
• And on the maps that I gave you, there is one map that shows you where exempt centers are too in the
• <02:36:31.040> That's normal our normal FM map. That's normal our normal FM map.
• Um, just to give you some FM map.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• <00:02:01.280> surveil cannot use them to digitally surveil cannot use them to digitally surveil
• On digital surveillance, the solution is simple.
• On digital surveillance, the solution is simple.
• On digital surveillance, the solution is simple.
• It is bipartisan protection or MAP Act.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 27,000 locations, and behind the request is a 39-page report showing all internet service providers and maps
• They have a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the National Digital Newspaper Program
• Number 11, UA Little Rock with SSIA Technologies to provide an operational digital planetarium system
• , and reporting of digital media buys.
• They are actually our digital media buys, so they're buying social media advertising that you see on

Summary: The committee heard a series of appropriation requests and contract reviews across multiple sections. In Section B, members approved temporary appropriations for the Court of Appeals, Commerce/Aeronautics, and Insurance-related payments and refunds. Section C ARPA requests from DHS were approved to return unused federal funds. Section D infrastructure-related appropriations, including wildfire preparedness, broadband BEAD funding, forestry support, recycling, and oil and gas sample preservation, were approved after questions about broadband audit controls and performance safeguards. Section E DHS reallocations were approved, including large transfers within Medical Services from hospital medical to private and public nursing home lines, along with smaller transfers for children and family services, developmental disabilities, and youth services; members asked about the source and purpose of the medical services transfer. Sections F and G were reviewed, covering cash fund requests, federal grants, and miscellaneous grants, including community college storm repairs, corrections commissary and maintenance, 911 enhancements, maternal health, disability determinations, state police equipment, digital newspaper archiving, and CDL data improvements. In Section H, the committee reviewed pay plan appropriations and performance fund transfers tied to the new Class and Comp pay plan. Section I reviewed three methods of finance for UA Little Rock, UAMS, and the University of Arkansas system. In Section J, the committee reviewed discretionary grants, including a $1.4 million HIV services grant and nine tobacco prevention subgrants through UAPB. Members questioned the effectiveness, metrics, and addresses of some tobacco-cessation arts-based grantees, especially Arts Absolutely Inc.; after discussion, Representative Kavanaugh moved to expunge the vote on J2 and refer it back for review at a later ALC meeting, and that motion passed. J3, a Department of Energy and Environment grant for propane safety training and e-waste recycling services, was then reviewed. The committee also reviewed contracts in Section K. K-1 ratified emergency management nuclear planning work performed during a transition between agencies. K-2 construction contracts included architectural and engineering services for corrections, National Park College signage, a Razorback Road parking facility, and UAMS cyclotron installation. K-3 intergovernmental contracts covered health, education, autism waiver, stroke, newborn screening, Medicaid evidence review, and radiation testing services. K-4 out-of-state contracts included staffing, IT, tobacco prevention, audit, marketing, planetarium, recruitment, and janitorial services; Senator Irvin noted one contract appeared to belong in the out-of-state list rather than intergovernmental. K-5 in-state contracts covered staffing, cleaning, re-entry and treatment services, foster care and disability services, hearing officers, asbestos abatement, campus IT support, and janitorial work. The meeting ended after a brief personal update from Senator Irvin about tornado damage in Stone County and thanks to members for their concern, followed by adjournment.

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• This bill is seeking to grant $4.7 million over the next two years to create original on-air and digital
• <00:55:03.640> offerings<00:55:04.119> so whole Suite of digital offerings so whole
• which is is you NPR does a ton digitally which is is you know<01:04:26.640> we're<01:04:26.880
• The map on the right illustrates the facilities across our system at a very high level, and you'll see
• on the right illustrates the map on the right illustrates the facilities<01:37:29.280> across

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The interface of the system allows for digital signature capture and transmission directly to Service
• I can tell you for certain, yesterday, in our meeting, I had drawn myself a little map, a little diagram
• The Oklahoma Board of Chiropractic Examiners, since 2021, has implemented a digital online. licensing
• It's an interesting map It shows the livestock forage program payments by state.
• They we use Google maps they map their we map their location where they need to go, we're constantly

Keywords: 914, all

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• However, these maps are not updated on a fixed schedule.
• The reality is, without accurate, accessible maps, that's nearly impossible.
• maps that integrate into platforms first responders already use.
• These maps are designed to be accessible to all.
• Again, these maps do not contain sensitive top-secret information.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Just a little map on work requirements.
• Just a little map on work requirements.
• Just a little map on work requirements.
• uh map on work requirements. requirements. requirements.
• So, it's not just digital data, it's all data that we manage. >> That's exactly what I needed.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published. Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2. Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.

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• digital, advertising services. digital, advertising services.
• <01:08:10.320> and would impose a tax on digital and would impose a tax on digital and non-digital
• digital advertising on online digital digital advertising on online platforms<01:13:57.040> such<
• and non-digital.
• Because it's not print, it's digital.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• TODAY THERE IS UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FROM DIGITAL SERVICES THAT BECOME ESSENTIAL TO DAILY LIVES OF MODERN
• , ONLINE NEWS ARTICLE AND DIGITAL CLASSROOM.
• DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THE U.S.
• BASICALLY ANYONE AND ANYONE WHO NEEDS ACCESS TO DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
• I AM WITH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE BASED IN ORLANDO FLORIDA.

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• database of maps um mapping in our database of maps um mapping in our schools. schools. schools.
• <03:42:10.000> We're school getyour yourself map. We're school getyour yourself map.
• Now, what is mapping?
• Now, what is mapping?
• It is really all over the map right now as to the state of mapping.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In addition, it could also be in the digital currency form too.
• ><04:12:24.160> China<04:12:24.560> has our digital infrastructure, China has our digital
• I rise in support of Representative Soto's bill, H.R. 900, the Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2025.
• But with effective sinkhole mapping, we can do even more.
• But with effective sinkhole mapping, we can do even more.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Minnesota Digital Minnesota Digital Library<01:18:15.120> so<01:18:15.840> uh<01:18
• The digitization of Minnesota newspapers is a national model.
• <01:26:05.040> of programming the digitization of programming the digitization of Minnesota
• <01:26:31.719> digitization for that newspaper digit digitization for that newspaper digit
• mentioned earlier and um the digital mentioned earlier and um the digital library<01:30:42.480><

Bills: HF1250

Keywords: outdoor heritage, land acquisition, wildlife management, conservation easements, environmental restoration, 1183, house

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• Our GIS maps match up with their GIS maps, which is a mapping program that we all use to determine sensitivity
• And is that work still ongoing, or are the maps being utilized currently? >> I believe so.
• <00:37:52.400> this and then given that you're mapping this and then given that you're mapping
• you know, where can they find mapping? you know, where can they find mapping?
• <00:50:58.720> for using to develop sensitivity maps for using to develop sensitivity maps

Bills: HB2611, HB2102, HB1710, HB1868, HB1920, HB1812, HB1733, HB1715, HB1723, HB1724, HB1727, HB1711

Keywords: HB2611, Hawaii antitrust, rental housing, rent price-fixing, algorithmic pricing, algorithmic rent-setting, property management software, pricing algorithms, rent coordination, price-fixing, collusion, cartel, multifamily housing, landlord software, occupancy levels, lease terms, Attorney General, public education program, consumer protection, housing affordability

Summary: The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent. The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.

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• The hard work now begins: identifying, understanding, and mapping the complex networks these groups operate
• This requires a unified real-time intelligence framework capable of linking digital, financial, criminal
• Cartels and terrorist organizations operate in multiple by-domain environments: land, digital, financial
• is located in a previously documented area for those types of organizations, including physical, digital

Bills: SB659, SB1585, SB2201, SB2514, SB2569

Keywords: smuggling, human trafficking, criminal penalties, felony offenses, law enforcement, foreign adversary, foreign-owned company, scrutinized company, China, national security, cybersecurity, information technology, communications technology, ICT, critical infrastructure, state contracts, government procurement, vendor certification, debarment, civil penalty

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• Uh, however, it doesn't work very well for digital infrastructure that now powers nearly every single
• for how we can upgrade these a road map for how we can upgrade these services. services. services.
• The mapping, a lot of that is done, and a lot of the work is now underway.
• Since 2023, Minnesota has worked to map Since 2023, Minnesota has worked to map and<01:03:46.840
• and mapping work continues. and mapping work continues.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, in the past, we really had a struggle with how to map and optimize those routes.
• we launched an AI chatbot in collaboration with AWS Amazon to handle many of these conversations digitally
• This year, we also won a digital innovation award for our chatbot due to the efforts we made to implement
• Our team has looked at a heat map of where all commercial driver's license holders are located in the
• At a heat map of where all commercial driver's license holders are located in the state, it is amazing

Keywords: 914, all